John Krull | NRA victory may come back to haunt group

5:04 AM,
Apr. 21, 2013

Written by

John Krull, TheStatehouseFile.com

The U.S. Senate's vote to close down, for the time being, serious discussion about gun policy reform provoked howls of fury from the majority of Americans who support more sensible gun policies.

They were enraged, understandably, because senators either indebted to or terrified by the National Rifle Association were able to hide behind a parliamentary maneuver to avoid not just a vote, but any serious discussion of doing background checks - defying 90 percent of the American public, according to most polls. The Senate rules require 60 votes to end a filibuster - a tactic designed to delay ...